🚀 go-pugleaf

That is what I am doing for now, but it is a pain.  I am going to forward the
question to Javasoft and see if the will put something in the Toolkit or System
classes.

Carl

Gary McGath wrote:

> In article <3475E14E.AE4B0525@wli.net>, pagan@well.com wrote:
>
> >Hi Carl,
> >
> >Try this:
> >
> >         Container f = getParent();
> >         while(f != null && !(f instanceof Frame)) {
> >             f = f.getParent();
> >         }
> >         if (f == null) {
> >             System.out.println("Couldn't get applet's frame.");
> >             return;
> >         }
> >
> >Good luck, roger  :~)
> >
> >
> >Carl Hewitt wrote:
> >
> >> How do I find the topmost window in an application?
>
> I don't think that's what he was asking. Windows aren't linked by getParent().
>
> And it does look like a tough question, even if you try to track the
> frontmost window explicitly. Probably the best bet is to monitor the
> WINDOW_ACTIVATED event in each window, and set a variable which indicates
> which window most recently received that event; but it's not clear that
> "activated" always implies "frontmost."
>
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